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What part of the alimentary canal absorbs nutrients?
The part of the digestive system that absorbs nutrients is the small intestines. They absorb essential nutrients from food into the blood stream.
What is the purpose of the ileum in the body?
The Ileum is part of the small intestine which absorbs nutrients from digesting food.
What is happening in the small intestine?
Food is passed from the stomach, and it goes through the long tube called the small intestine. In the villi it absorbs nutrients and sends it to the bloodstream, the small intestine is the biggest part of the digestive system, and the food is send to the large intestine where it is made into excrement.
What happen is the small intestine?
Food is passed from the stomach, and it goes through the long tube called the small intestine. In the villi it absorbs nutrients and sends it to the bloodstream, the small intestine is the biggest part of the digestive system, and the food is send to the large intestine where it is made into excrement.
What happens in the first part of the small intestine?
it absorbs a product
What part of the body the food is most likely to enter the bloodstream?
The stomach and the duodneum are responsible for digestion and the small and large intestine are responsible for absorption. the small intestine absorbs more but the large intestine is where the critical absortion of water (small amounts), electrolytes and bile sates occur.
What part of the body absorbs nutrients?
The system in the body that absorbs nutrients is the digestive system. Within the digestive system is the small intestine. When food passes through the small intestine, villi, absorb all of the nutrients the body needs from the food. Villi are small fingerlike projections in the small intestine that increase surface area and "reach" out to the food and absorb its nutrients. So, to answer your question, villi that are in the small intestine within the digestive system absorb what nutrients our body needs.
What part of your body absorbs water?
The parts of the body that absorb water are the intestines. They also absorb most nutrients, especially the small intestine. Any remaining water after digestion gets into the body via the large intestine.
What organ of the digestive system is considered the primary organ of absorption?
The digestive organ that is considered the primary organ of digestion is the small intestine but more specifically it is the duodenum of the small intestine. This is the region directly after the stomach and is approximately 25 cm long. The small intestine absorbs nutrients and large intestine absorbs water.
What does the ileum do in the digestion system?
Ileum is the last part (division) of small intestine. It absorbs all the remaining food that was not absorbed by jejunum. It contains microscopic villi that are responsible for assimilation of food.
What are the three functions of the small intestine?
The three parts of the small intestine are:duodenum- which is the first part of the small intestine where food is being completed with chemical breakdown.jejunum- which is the middle part of the small intestine - specializes in absorbing all the nutrients (except fat) into the body.ileum- which is the last part where the small intestine meets the large intestine... also where alot of bacteria sits and eats on the undigested food.
What part of the digestive system absorbs the most fat?
stomach. the gall bladder puts bile onto the fats in the stomach
